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FLUOR IN THE NEWS SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT PROJECT NAMED 2015 BEST PROJECT SAFETY AWARD OF MERIT WINNER Fluor Corporation (Irving, TX) announced that its Centinela Solar Energy proj- ect has been named 2015 Best Project Safety Award of Merit winner by Engineering News-Re- cord for the California region. Fluor performed engineering, procurement and construction services and is now providing op- erations and maintenance services for the new, 170-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located on approximately 1,600 acres in Imperial County, California. Fluor completed the project safely by- working more than 700,000 construction hours with no lost-time accidents and no incidents. GAS PROJECT IN PHILIPPINES NAMED PLATTS GLOB- AL ENERGY AWARD FINALIST Fluor announced that its Shell Philippines Exploration Malampaya Phase 3 Project has been named a finalist for En- gineering Project of the Year for the Platts Global Energy Awards. “Being named a finalist for Engineering Project of the Year by Platts is a great honor and recog- nizes the integrated solutions approach provided by Fluor’s team on this project,” said Ken Choud- hary, Fluor’s energy and chemicals president for Asia Pacific. “Fluor’s material management for onshore and offshore fabrication, and the deliv- ery and installation of equipment and materials, enhanced the engineering effort for this project.” Fluor’s BASF Jade Tree project was also named a finalist for Construction Project of the Year by the Platts Global Energy Awards. Located in Shanghai, China, the project is a high perfor- mance chemical production facility. Fluor per-

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formed front-end engineering, detailed design, procurement, construction management, commissioning and start-up. FLUOR GARNERS UK BINDING CORPORATE RULES APPROVAL FOR SECURE EMPLOYEE, CLIENT DATA The Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom has formally approved Fluor ’s Binding Corporate Rules for handling of em- ployee and client data. The data protection authorities in other Eu- ropean Union member states have accepted the approval under a mutual recognition pro- cedure, and Fluor will seek approval in certain other member states. Under European Union law, the transfer of personal information to non-European Union countries is only per- mitted where appropriate systems and safe- guards have been put in place. Adoption of Binding Corporate Rules is one way in which organizations can satisfy these requirements. The ICO approval indicates that Fluor meets the high standards required under European Union law when it transfers personal information among Fluor entities globally. FLUOR ACQUIRE STORK HOLDING B.V. Fluor an- nounced that it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based private equity firm Arle Capi- tal Partners to acquire 100 percent of Stork Holding B.V. , based in the Netherlands, for an investment of $755 million. Stork is a global provider of maintenance, modification and asset integrity services as- sociated with large existing industrial facilities in the oil and gas, chemicals, petrochemicals, industrial and power markets.

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MARK ZWEIG, from page 1 the top leader’s job and one that takes constant attention to do it well. And by the way – even though not everyone is (obviously) a direct report, it does not mean you should be laissez faire when it comes to who works in the firm in any job. 4)Determining basic resource allocation issues. What will the firm spend money on? Will you buy other companies? What should the marketing budget be? Where will you grow? What will you invest in? Where the money goes is a really big part of the job of the top leader of any firm in this business. 5)Confronting “uglies.” This is everything from a non-productive principal to a non- paying client to a bank credit line that’s out of compliance to a problem employee who is alienating everyone else – whatever the worst things are facing the firm. The top leader HAS to do this. No one else can or will. 6)General cheerleading. You gotta be up when everyone else may not be. Constantly selling the future – why it’s good to be there, why the firm will do well in spite of any obstacle – this is your job. Optimism, general cheerfulness, and ability to see light at the end of the tunnel even in the midst of major crises – the top leader has to have this ability in his/her toolbag. 7)Setting an example. Always the job of the top leader. People will do as you do –not as you say. So work ethic, communication speed, willingness to do dirty work when neces- sary, compliance with company policy, self-sacrifice, and so much more all have to be exemplified by the top leader if you expect anyone else to model those behaviors. There’s a lot more … so much more. But I’m out of space. See you next week! MARK ZWEIG is founder and CEO at Zweig Group. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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